Goh Choon Phong to succeed SIA’s CEO on January 1, 2011

The Board of Directors of Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced that Goh Choon Phong will succeed Chew Choon Seng as CEO when Seng retires this year-end. Phong will formally take up the CEO position on January 1, 2011. He will join the airline’s board on October 1, 2010. The Board paid special tribute to Seng, who became CEO in June 2003 and who upon his retirement will have recorded 39 years of service with the SIA Group.

Phong joined SIA in 1990, after graduation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as three Bachelor degrees, in Computer Science and Engineering, Management Science and Cognitive Science. He has served in senior management positions in Singapore, as well as overseas, and is currently Executive Vice President for Marketing and the Regions, having been appointed to the post earlier this year after four years as President of Singapore Airlines Cargo. He is also presently Chairman of SilkAir.